Jeff been reading you for a long time and this is the first post that doesn't seem right when I read it. You've lost a lot of the best people at #1, #5 is bordering absurd as is #6 if it actually follows #5

There's no magic bullet for hiring programmers. But I can share advice on a few techniques that I've seen work, that I've written about here and personally tried out over the years. 1. First, pass a few simple "Hello World" online tests. I know it sounds crazy, but some people who call themse...